College of Chemistry

UC Berkeley grad takes a closer look at nuclear forensics chemistry

January 14, 2021
Los Alamos National Lab

In 2017, radiochemistry graduate student Mark Straub left the comfortable academic environs of UC Berkeley and moved to the middle of New Mexico, where he spent his summer working full time at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the birthplace of the Manhattan Project. There, Mark teamed up with LANL scientists ...

Hidden atomic patterns discovered in mixed-metal MOFs

August 18, 2020
Fernando Gomollón-Bell | Chemistry World

Atom probe tomography

Atom probe tomography determines the so-far undiscovered sequences that exist in mixed-metal MOFs (carbon = grey, oxygen = white, metals = blue, green, pink and orange) Source: © Science/AAAS

Layer-by-layer laser slicing of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) has revealed that different metals in these...

Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer

December 15, 2020
Theresa Duque | Berkeley Lab

Three people wearing PPE in a lab

Research authors Katherine Shield (from left), Dahlia An, and Tyler Bailey (lead author) are part of a research team that developed new methods for the large-scale production, purification, and use of the radioisotope cerium-134, which could serve as a tunable PET imaging surrogate for several alpha-emitting isotopes for targeted cancer therapies. Their findings...

Improved desalination process also removes toxic metals to produce clean water

April 16, 2021
by Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley Public Affairs

purple glove holding roll of flexible polymer membrane

A flexible polymer membrane incorporating nanoparticles of PAF selectively absorbs nearly 100% of metals such mercury, copper or iron during desalination, more efficiently producing clean, safe water. (UC Berkeley photo by Adam Uliana)

University of California, Berkeley, chemists in the labs of Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and...

Professors Omar Yaghi and Evelyn Wang awarded international water prize

June 21, 2018


Yaghi and Wang awarded international water prizeThe team of Professors Omar Yaghi (UC Berkeley) and Evelyn Wang (MIT) have won the Alternative Water Resources prize, which will be awarded at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Jeffrey Long receives 2020 Royal Society of Chemistry award

June 24, 2020
College of Chemistry Press Release

Jeffrey Long

The College of Chemistry is pleased announce that Professor Jeffrey Long has received a 2020 award from the Royal Society of Chemistry. The Society annualy recognizes leaders in various fields of chemistry around the world. This year, the Society acknowledged over 80 individuals and teams for their exceptional achievements in advancing the chemical sciences through their work in everything from education and research, to innovation, policy and volunteering.

Bryan McCloskey announced as chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering

April 11, 2022
UC Berkeley, College of Chemistry Press Release

Bryan McCloskey

Bryan McCloskey, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will serve as the next Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) in the College of Chemistry, effective July 1, 2022.

Bryan has been a member of the CBE faculty since 2014. His research focuses on the characterization of...

Programmable synthetic materials

August 7, 2020
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley media relations

Omar Yaghi, multivariate MOF

Rods of multivariate MOFs (left) can be programmed with different metal atoms (colored balls) to do a series of tasks, such as controlled drug release, or to encode information like the ones and zeros of a digital computer. (UC Berkeley image by Omar Yaghi and Zhe Ji)

Berkeley, CA — Artificial molecules could one day form the information unit of...

Chat and Ellen Chatterjee give back to the College

April 11, 2018

Nirmal and Ellen Chatterjee donate to College of ChemistryChat and Ellen Chatterjee donate nearly 600k to the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Aduro Biotech creates new postdoc diversity fellowship at Berkeley

September 16, 2018
by Marge d'Wylde | College of Chemistry

Jennifer DoudnaProfessor of Chemistry Richmond Sarpong, and Chairman, President and CEO of Aduro Biotech, Stephen Isaacs, discuss the Aduro-UC Berkeley Underrepresented Postdoctoral Fellowship Program which was launched in 2018. Sarpong is seen here with the first fellowship recipient Alex Rovira.